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Germany calls for end Radio FM Radio
10.02.2014 - Germany Germany
The Head of Deutschlandradios, Willi Steul in an interview with Business Week, calls for FM switch off and urges for a firm date to be set.

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TV interview with BLM President to digital radio
10.02.2014 - Germany Germany
There is an interview with Siegfried Schneider, president of the Bavarian Regulatory Authority for Commercial Broadcasting (BLM) on digital radio in the current issue of the magazine on Dr. Dish TV TecTime.

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Rupert Evans: 'I'm obsessed with digital radios'
10.02.2014 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
The actor, who appears in the new Ian Fleming biopic, is a big fan of DAB digital radio.

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Pictures on your Radio
07.02.2014 - Netherlands Netherlands
Pluxbox presents a first in Dutch Digital Radio. Ordered by the Dutch Public Broadcast (NPO) we created an application that enables radio makers to create and control a slideshow which is visible on the display of DR+. Our program pbRadiomanager can be used to control the slideshow with just a push on the button. These slides contain pictures and different apps, such as the weather, amber alerts and traffic information. But it will also be possible for the DJ to sent information about the artist that is playing.

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Lexus drives digital radio growth with 8000 cars sold
07.02.2014 - Australia Australia
Since becoming the first luxury brand in Australia to provide DAB+ digital radio as standard fitment to a model (the GS Line, launched in 2012), Lexus has sold almost 8000 vehicles with the technology.

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Digital Radio in Bavaria now on Facebook
07.02.2014 - Germany Germany
In parallel to the 10-year anniversary of Facebook, Bayern Digital Radio GmbH has now joined the social network. All the latest news on digital radio enriched by competitions and events can be found on their Facebook page. We like!

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Star Observer Digital back for 2014
07.02.2014 - Australia Australia
Star Observer Digital is Sydney's only Digital Radio station for people expressing sex, sexuality and gender diversities and will broadcast through until March 16.

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RAJAR 4Q2013: Digital Radio Continues Gains in UK
07.02.2014 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
The share of all radio listening attributable to a DAB radio has increased to 23.4 percent, a 10 percent increase year over year.

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Radio: Still going strong in the digital age
07.02.2014 - United Kingdom United Kingdom
Radio may be the grand old dame of the media industry but, as other traditional outlets fall by the wayside, it’s going from strength to strength.

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Phenomenal Digital Radio Sales in Norway
06.02.2014
Norwegian digital radio sales increase by almost 140% and car radios by 200% between 2012 and 2013

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